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Thx guys - i am happy it looks acceptable at least :-) its only my 4th bull ever]]>Fri, 10 Mar 2017 11:12:33 +0000http://www.whip-basics.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=108497#p108497http://www.whip-basics.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=108265#p108265
This is really cool. Those colors and wood parts go well together, and it the whip seems to move pretty effortlessly for something that hasn't been broken in at all. Great work!

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Brandon, check out the orientation of the cracker compared to the way you hold the whip. I had a similar issue, and just by retying the cracker on the whip]]>Fri, 03 Mar 2017 17:43:01 +0000http://www.whip-basics.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=107917#p107917http://www.whip-basics.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=107910#p107910
Alright, finally got home from a party XD First thing first, I do want to say that any of the visual things I've noticed are extremely nit-picky, like seriously I wouldn't have noticed if I wasn't looking for it (apart from the glue thing).

Robert, I personally don't mind the glue enough to scrape it off I think if I break it in it'd have a nicer roll out too~

Morten - colours and wood are amazing. I would love to play with wood too, but i really don't have the tools or materials for that. Don't be sorry about the glue overflow, that's totally fine! I'm just giving you a critique of your whip (just like I hope you do for mine), to help you improve ^_^ For the gaps, I drop 2 at a time too it definitely is difficult, but as I said, it's pretty much invisible unless you look for them. Yeah I think the heat of Australia and the cold of Denmark will probably make a difference. I worry that my whip will be too hard now, since I only used paraffin wax. The drag to the left is actually quite manageable. It could also be my cracking (I haven't done much target practice), but I mainly notice it when I crack in a direction and the cracker seems to crack slightly left of where the thong was going. Nevertheless, you should be proud of this whip, it's a very very nice whip and I'm so happy to be the recipient of it!I am so keen on meeting up if we ever can, currently stuck studying in uni :'(

Rachel, I definitely am lucky to have gotten this whip~

Ron, we haven't fully completed the swap yet, my whip is still on its way to Morten!

Sir Roger, that's very interesting! My whips tend to roll out straight away after the wax, not sure why that may be. I also hang them out after waxing.

I absolutely love the wooden handle bits, would love to see if I could ever make a whip with them. Has such a satisfying feel when you grip it haha

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Morten, that is a beautiful piece. The wood on there is excellent. The contrast between the paracord and The wood is fantastic. Brandon is one lucky dude to have gotten this.]]>Fri, 03 Mar 2017 13:58:03 +0000http://www.whip-basics.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=107906#p107906http://www.whip-basics.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=107896#p107896
Great looking whip Morten. It looks like it handles well. Did you load it? If so how far out in the thong?]]>Fri, 03 Mar 2017 13:33:58 +0000http://www.whip-basics.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=107896#p107896http://www.whip-basics.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=107885#p107885
That's a possibility although I take my whips outside and hang them from a roof rafter so they dry as straight as I can manage. Of course, the tip end has to curl to keep from dragging on the ground. That might cause an imbalance in the wax.]]>Fri, 03 Mar 2017 12:44:34 +0000http://www.whip-basics.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=107885#p107885http://www.whip-basics.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=107882#p107882
Thx Sir Roger - maybe the fact that the whips cools of lying down make the wax fall down and make it slightly heavier in one side?]]>Fri, 03 Mar 2017 12:37:53 +0000http://www.whip-basics.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=107882#p107882http://www.whip-basics.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=107880#p107880
Morten, no worries with those colours, sir. they work together really well. Love the woodwork too.

Brandon, I've found that immediately after waxng, my whips have 'flopped' over to one side but after a load of cracking they straighten out. I think it's the wax bedding itself in.

This is what the whip swap was supposed to be like.I thank both of you gentlemen for fulfilling your part of the swap.Very good job.

Ron

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Morten when the epoxy is still rubbery and not hard (in the first two-three hours) you can flake off the extra epoxy with the back side of a butter knife, it's not sharp to hurt the paracord and it will scrape it loose. Painters tape (the blue masking tape) on the paracord directly in front of where you want the glue helps keep it off the paracord as well.

That's a beautiful whip! Very well done, Morten! The color combo with the wood, very well done!